The Health Ministry announced that our country has developed a rapid diagnosis method for swine flu.

The State Department Information Office will hold a press conference at 15:00 on Thursday, April 30, 2009. Officials in charge of the relevant departments of the Health Department, General Administration of Quality Supervision and Agricultural Department will introduce strengthened prevention and control work regarding human infection of swine flu, and answer questions from reporters. The following is the content of the press conference.

A reporter from Caijing Magazine:

I have a question for Minister Chen Zhu. You just mentioned that China is studying and developing rapid diagnostic and testing reagents. What stage has the development of these reagents reached? Are there any difficulties in the process of detection and development? Do hospitals, medical institutions, and virus laboratories across the country need to improve in any other areas in terms of monitoring?